| June 3 |
Stories related to MBARI’s news release, New laser system provides 3D reconstructions of living deep-sea animals and their mucous filters
– Associated Press, “Scientists learn how tiny critters make ocean ‘snot palaces’” by Seth Borenstein (6-3-20) [Carried by at least 330 newspapers and TV stations around the US, including US News and World Report]
– New York Times, “The sea’s weirdest creatures, now in ‘staggering’ detail” by William J. Broad (6-4-20)
– LiveScience, “These gorgeous, intricate sea creatures are actually giant blobs of snot” by Yasemin Saplakoglu (6-4-20) |
June 1
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AZO Cleantech “Biodegradable plant-based plastic to combat ocean waste” by Sarah Moore |
May 27
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Scribol “20 hair-raising photos that show what really lurks In the shadowy depths of the ocean” by James Cannon |
May 14
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RadioLab “Octomom” produced by Annie McEwen |
May 14
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Newsweek “New worm species with glamorous iridescent scales discovered in the ocean abyss” by Aristos Georgiou |
May 11
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Smithsonian “Invasive comb jellies might overproduce babies in summer to eat them in winter” by Theresa Machemer |
May 7
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Inside Science “A gelatinous drifter may get ahead by eating Its babies” by Katharine Gammon |
May 6
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Daily Mail “Underwater forest of hydrothermal vents off the coast of Washington State is mapped for the first time” by Stacy Liberatore [Carried by at least 4 other online outlets, including MSN News] |
May 5
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IFLScience “A city of geothermal chimneys discovered off the coast of the US” by Tom Hale |
May 2
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Santa Cruz Sentinel “Earth Matters–The virtual bay” by Ross Clark |
May 1
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LiveScience “Hundreds of towering hydrothermal chimneys discovered on seafloor off Washington” by Mindy Weisberger [Related coverage appeared on at least 4 other on-line outlets, including Strange Sounds and Sputnik International] |
Apr 30
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OOI News “From whale songs to volcanic eruptions: OOI’s cable hears the sounds of the ocean” by Darlene Trew Crist [Carried by at least 1 other online outlet] |
Apr 15
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Digital Trends “Monterey Bay Aquarium provides tours using Twitch and Animal Crossing” by Tyler Treese [Carried by at least 2 other online media outlets, including Yahoo News] |
Apr 14
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California Sea Grant News “Getting to the bottom of ocean carbon export” by Katherine Leitzell [Also carried by Climate.gov] |
Apr 13
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Polygon “A real aquarium is giving tours of Animal Crossing’s in-game museum” by Nicole Carpenter [Carried by at least 2 other online media outlets, including Infosurhoy] |
Apr 10
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Smithsonian “Watch this giant, eerie, string-like sea creature hunt for food in the Indian Ocean” by Nora McGreevy |
Apr 8
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New York Times “A.I. is helping scientists understand an ocean’s worth of data” by Tatiana Schlossberg |
| Apr 8 |
USA Today “Scientists spot giant ocean creature that looks like silly string hunting in ‘galaxy-like spiral’” by N’dea Yancey-Bragg [Carried by at least 5 other online news outlets.] |
| Apr 3 |
LiveScience “Activities and online resources for homebound kids: A coronavirus guide” by Mindy Weisberger [Also carried by Space.com and and at least 2 other online media outlets] |
Mar 31
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Marine Technology News “Environmental DNA Emerging in the Ocean Science Community” by Justin Manley [Also appeared in Marine Link and Maritime Global News] |
| Mar 27 |
Marine Link “MBARI works at unlocking ocean biology” by Elaine Maslin [Also appeared in Marine Technology News, Marine Technology Reporter, and Santa Cruz Tech Beat] |
| Mar 26 |
Santa Cruz Tech Beat “Google features former Cabrillo student’s work in documentary series” by Sarah Vickers-Webb |
| Mar 25 |
Environmental Monitor “The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute’s wireless plan to connect to MARS” by Jack Nissen |
| Mar 23 |
Stories related to research on deciphering the visual language of Humboldt squid
– Stanford news release, “Stanford researcher investigates how squid communicate in the dark” [Carried by at least 7 online media outlets] (3-23-19)
– National Public Radio (All Things Considered), “Deep sea squid may communicate through glowing pigmentation, researchers find” by Lauren Sommer (3-23-20)
– Gizmodo, “Glowing deep-sea squid have a complex form of communication, new evidence suggests” by George Dvorsky (3-23-20)
– Nature, “Squid say hello with a light show” (3-23-20)
– Oceanographic magazine, “Researchers begin to reveal how Humboldt squid communicate in the dark” (3-24-20)
– CNET, “Illuminating find: Here’s how squid talk to each other in the dark” by Bonnie Burton [Carried by at least 2 other online outlets] (3-25-20)
– Science Friday, “How Humboldt Squid talk to each other in the dark” by Alexa Lim (3-27-20)
– EcoWatch, “Speaking squid: How squid glow to communicate in dark dceans” by Tiffany Duong (3-27-20)
– Stuff/NZ, “Glow-in-the-dark squid can brighten your day” by Siouxsie Wiles (3-30-20)
– The Science Times, “Illuminating find: Decoding the Humboldt squid’s secret language” (3-31-20)
– Scientific American (60-second Science podcast), “Squid’s glowing skin patterns may be code” by Susanne Bard (4-2-20)
– Smithsonian, “Deep-sea squids glow to communicate in the dark” by Hannah Knighton (4-6-20)
– NPR, “Deep sea squid communicate by glowing like e-readers” by Lauren Sommer (4-17-20) [Carried by at least 40 NPR affiliate stations around the US]
– Popular Mechanics, “How the deep sea squid communicates in fascinating and flashy ways” by Daisy Hernandez (4-24-20) [Also carried by YahooNews]
– New Zealand Geographic, “Light conversation” by Kate Evans (May 2020)
– Forbes, “Scientists shed light on deep-sea squid communication” by Sara Tabin (5-20-20) |
| Mar 20 |
Science Alert “The largest mass migration on the planet happens every single day, and we never see it” by Peter Dockrill [Also carried by MSN News] |
| Mar 12 |
Insider “16 creatures from the bottom of the ocean that will give you nightmares” by Zoë Miller and Zoë Ettinger |
| Mar 7 |
Monterey Herald “Re-opening historic Point Sur lighthouse” by Amanda Heidt |
| Mar 6 |
Science “Frank Press (1924–2020)” by Marcia McNutt |
| Mar 5 |
San Francisco Bay View “Earth Island Institute takes on Big Plastic” by Lee Houskeeper |
| Mar 5 |
UPI “Changes in oxygen, temperature could reshape deep sea fish communities” by Brooks Hays |
| Mar 5 |
PhysOrg “Deep-sea fish community structure strongly affected by oxygen and temperature” [News Release from Scripps Institution of Oceanography] |
| Mar 5 |
National Geographic News “As the Arctic warms, light pollution may pose a new threat to marine life” by Sarah Gibbens |
| Mar 3 |
Monterey Herald “Carmel shop taking battle against plastics to new level” by Dennis Taylor |
| Mar 2 |
Before It’s News “Earth Island files lawsuit against plastic polluters“ |
| Mar 1 |
The Scientist “Researchers discover the largest virus in the oceans yet” by Kerry Grens |
| Feb 27 |
CBS News “Clorox, Coca Cola among companies sued over plastic pollution by Berkeley group“ |
| Feb 26 |
Bay City News Service “Suit aims to hold ‘Big Plastic’ corporations responsible for plastic pollution” by Keith Burbank [Carried by SFGate, NBC, Patch, Pleasanton Weekly, and other outlets] |
| Feb 26 |
San Francisco Chronicle “Bay Area group sues Coke, Pepsi, other giants over plastic pollution ‘poisoning everything’” by Peter Fimrite [Also carried by MSN] |
| Feb 20 |
Stories related to MBARI’s story about the strange behaviors of deep-sea animals such as sponges at Station M
– Taucher.net, “The secret life of the sponges” (2-25-19)
– LiveScience, “Deep-sea sponges caught ‘sneezing’ in time-lapse photos” by Nicoletta Lanese (3-2-20)
– BGR, “Scientists caught a deep-sea sponge ‘sneezing’ on camera, and it’s so weird” by Mike Wehner [Story carried by at least 5 additional outlets, including the New York Post] (3-2-20)
– Daily Mail, “Gazoontite! Time-lapse video reveals a glass sponge sneezing more than 12,000 feet below the surface in order to expel sea particles from its inner canals” by Stacy Liberatore [Also carried by Brinkwire and at least 8 additional outlets] (3-3-20)
– Smithsonian, “Watch this deep-sea sponge sneeze in slow motion” by Theresa Machemer (3-3-20)
– Popular Mechanics “Behold the super long sneeze of a deep sea sponge” by Daisy Hernandez [Article carried by at least 3 other outlets, including Yahoo News] (3-15-20)
– IFL Science “Deep-sea sponges caught “sneezing” on camera” by Katy Pallister (3-17-20) |
| Feb 21 |
Hakai “Less than a fifth of deep-sea life Is identifiable” by Nicola Jones |
| Feb 21 |
Wired “‘Environmental DNA’ lets scientists probe underwater life” by Eric Niiler |
| Feb 19 |
Scientific American “Kilometers of “dark cable” form the newest seismic sensors” by Shannon Hall |
| Feb 19 |
Laughing Squid “Hypnotic footage of a rainbow colored sea angel slug propelling itself under the ice of the white sea” by Lori Dorn |
| Feb 18 |
Oceana “Drowned out: Is climate change making the ocean a noisier place?” by Sarah Royalty Pinkelman |
| Feb 17 |
SciShow “The most incredible snowfall on Earth occurs deep underwater” by Hank Green |
| Feb 14 |
New York Times “As mating rituals go, Valentine’s Day isn’t so bad” by Priyanka Runwal [Also carried by MSN.com and at least two other online outlets] |
| Feb 10 |
ScienceLine “Life in Earth’s final frontier, into view at last” by Hannah Seo |
| Feb 7 |
DVIDS “NPS explores next-generation acoustic detection” [News release] |
| Feb 5 |
KTVU-TV “Stanford scientist creates bionic jellyfish that could aid in future research” by Andre Senior |
| Feb 5 |
San Jose Mercury “California scientists create bionic jellyfish to explore oceans” by Paul Rogers [Carried by at least 13 other California newspapers] |
| Feb 4 |
The Independent “Science news in brief: From speaking mummies to volcanoes on Venus” by Nicholas St Fleur, Joshua Sokol, Karen Weintraub, Shannon Hall, and Cara Giaimo |
| January |
NOAA News “Captivating the nation: Education and outreach programs bring communities together” by Eve Moulin |
| Jan 21 |
Laughing Squid “The surprisingly small fierce-looking fangtooth fish” by Lori Dorn |
| Jan 19 |
MSN “Mysterious little red jellies: A case of mistaken identity“ |
| Jan 16 |
KSBW-TV “West Coast waters acidifying two times faster than global average” by Caitlin Conrad [Also carried on MSN] |
| Jan 16 |
KION-TV “Ocean acidification and the affects on the Central Coast” by Max Tarlton |
| Jan 9 |
The Scientist “Fish steals bioluminescence from prey” by Abby Olena |
| Jan 8 |
New York Times “How a fish steals its ability to glow” by Joshua Sokol |
| Jan 8 |
PBS – Nature “Dive into the mysteries surrounding whales“ |
| Jan 6 |
Business Wire “Revolutionary modular storage system built to efficiently manage enterprise, cloud, and edge data growth” [Seagate press release] |
